Se graduó de escuela superior del Colegio San Ignacio de Loyola en Río Piedras. Completó la educación primaria en el Colegio Espíritu Santo en Hato Rey. Era hijo de la mezzo soprano Olga Arcelay y del comerciante Raúl Juliá. His Latino pride became an inspiration for many Latino/a/x actors to embrace their culture and identity in their exploration of the arts. Raúl Rafael Carlos Juliá Arcelay nació el 9 de marzo de 1940. After his death, per his instruction, his funeral was a celebration of his homeland of Puerto Rico. His service was held in the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture in San Juan with the National Anthem La Borinqueña sung before his procession. As his coffin was lowered, the crowd of attendees shouted “ ¡Viva Puerto Rico Libre!” Raul Julia’s Wife: Merel Poloway (married 19761994), Magda Vasallo (married 19651969) Nationality: Puerto Rican. Birth name: Raúl Rafael Juliá y Arcelay Raul Julia’s Children: Raul Sigmund Julia, Benjamin Rafael Julia. Unbeknownst to the public, Raul had suffered from stomach cancer three years before his death in 1994. Julia’s survivors include his wife, dancer Merel Poloway two sons, Raul Sigmund and Benjamin Rafael his mother, Olga Arcelay of Puerto Rico, and two sisters. Raul Julia’s net worth was estimated at 5 million dollars. He was passionate about ending world hunger and was heavily involved with The Hunger Project. Time and time again, he proved his critics wrong and won over both audiences and critics alike. Raúl Juliá was unapologetically Puerto Rican and embraced his culture and his accent when performing Shakespeare. He often had to overcome the discrimination of those who believed that he would not be enough due his background and believed that his nationality would be a hinderance to his performances. Raúl Juliá – a singer, Shakespearean actor, but first and foremost, a Puerto Rican. Born in 1940 in San Juan, Raúl Juliá gained an interest in Shakespeare from a very young age and even organized productions in his high school in Puerto Rico. He moved to New York in 1964 at the age of 24 a dream of being in the theatre. He began a recurring partnership with the New York Shakespeare Festival at The Delacorte Theater and famously performed alongside Meryl Streep in a critically acclaimed production of Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew. Eventually, he moved into film and in 1991 got the starring role that he is perhaps most popularly known for – Gomez Addams, the patriarch of The Addams Family. THE ADDAMS FAMILY, Raul Julia, 1991, (c)Paramount/courtesy Everett Collection
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